Ex-Petoskey running standout Liederbach honored by Horizon League

November 04, 2008|By Stephen Bell News-Review Sports Writer

University of Detroit Mercy cross country runner Patrick Liederbach, a sophomore from Petoskey, earned second-team All-Horizon League honors as he finished eighth at the league meet Saturday in Green Bay, Wis.

Liederbach finished the 8K course in 25 minutes, 38 seconds. Butler swept the top five spots in winning the title with 17 points. Detroit finished fifth with 127.

"Pat ran well and was in the lead pack the whole race," Titans coach Guy Murray said in a press release.

Liederbach became just the second Titan cross country runner to earn multiple all-conference runners in his career. He was seventh in last year's Horizon Leauge championships, earning a spot on the all-league first-team.

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Football

- Jeff Langley, a sophomore running back from Inland Lakes, ran for 54 yards and caught a 13-yard pass in Trine University's 30-7 win over Albion Saturday in Angola, Ind.

Trine, 8-0, 5-0 in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, is ranked No. 23 in the country in Division III. Trine will play Saturday, Nov. 8, at Adrian. Adrian is 4-0 in the league, and a win would clinch the MIAA title for Trine.

- Northern Michigan sophomore safety Andy Strobel had six tackles, five solo, in a 45-14 loss to undefeated and No. 1-ranked Grand Valley State Saturday in Marquette. Northern is 2-7 overall and in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Strobel, a Petoskey grad, is NMU's second-leading tackler with 60 stops, including 44 solos.

- Kiefer Mack, a freshman linebacker from Petoskey, had two tackles in Hope College's first win over the year, 38-13, over Olivet Saturday in Holland. Hope is 1-7, 1-3 in the MIAA.

Robby Jensen, a freshman from Boyne City, started at safety for Olivet, 1-8,0-5.

Soccer

- Erich Jackson, a senior forward from Petoskey, scored the game-winning goal to lift Aquinas to a 4-3 double-overtime victory over Concordia Saturday in Ann Arbor. Jackson, who has four goals and two assists, scored on a header. Aquinas is 13-5 overall, 11-1 in the Wolverine Hossier Athletic Conference. The Saints play Davenport in a league tournament semifinal on Saturday, Nov. 8.

- Katie Johnson, a junior midfielder from Petoskey, had three shots on goals for Grand Valley State in a 3-0 win over Ferris State Saturday in Allendale. Grand Valley is 19-0, 14-0 in the GLIAC, and ranked No. 1 Division II in the nation.

- Emily Murray, a junior forward from Petoskey, got off one shot for Wittenberg University in a 2-1 loss to Denison in Granville, Ohio. Wittenberg ends its regular season 10-3-5, 5-3-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Murray started all 18 games and is the Tigers' third-leading scorer with five goals and two assists.

- Eva Schmidt, a sophomore defender from Harbor Springs, started Kalamazoo College's final game of the season, a 2-0 loss Saturday at Hope. On the season, she started 17 of the Hornets' games. Hope finished 7-11-1, 2-6-1 in the MIAA.

- Kendra Spencer, a junior midfielder from Petoskey, had five shots, including one on goal, for Keene State in a 2-0 win over Bridgewater State. Keene State is 14-6.

- Becca Madison, a freshman midfielder from Charlevoix, had one shot in Ohio Wesleyan's 2-1 loss to Earlham College Saturday in Richmond, Ind. Wesleyan finishes the season 10-6-3, 4-2-2 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Madison appeared in all 19 of the Bishops' games, one of only five players to do so, and had a goal and assist for the season.

Hockey

- Tim Carlson, a sophomore defenseman from Petoskey, had an assist for Adrian's ACHA Division I team in a 5-4 shootout loss to Oakland Friday in Adrian.